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West Brothers Transfer was started in 1946 by our parents Floyd and Mary West. They had a package delivery company that serviced Raleigh, NC. In 1954, they started moving furniture locally and within North Carolina. They also added pool car distribution for Kellogg and Elbow Macaroni.
Their company grew with the addition of contract delivery agreements with Avon Products, Stanley Home Products, Roadway Express and IBM.
In 1974, they sold the company to us, Tommy and Craig West. We started the trailer rental company in 1979. The warehousing division was enlarged with the addition of a new building in 1980.
In 1984, a LTL division was started and we opened up our Charlotte, NC location in 1987. All company divisions operated on seperate P&Ls. All shared customers. In 1994, we added to our moving division by purchasing the assets of two moving companies located in Raleigh, NC. We then spun off All American West Brothers Moving & Storage, Inc., an agent for Mayflower.
In 1997, we started Logistic Leasing, LLC a full service truck leasing and contract maintenance company. In 1998, we decided that the only way to be as good as we could be was to get the ownership into the hands of the people running the day-to-day operations. We knew from experience that ownership was a great motivator. We also sold our moving company to two of our managers, who changed the name to All American Mayflower.
In 2001, we sold off our LTL division to Milan Express of Milan, TN. This allowed us to complete the separation of our different operating divisions. This was a critical step in getting our 1998 plan to get stock into the hands of our employees. The end result of that separation is the different operating companies we have today.
West Brothers Transportation Services -- a trucking company that does contract and dedicated truckload deliveries for long-term customers under contract.
West's Transportation Solutions -- a brokerage company that solves our customers needs for one-way shipments anywhere in the world.
West Logistics, Inc. -- a warehousing 3rd party provider for services that are facility based, either in customers location or in our more than 1 million feet of warehouse space located in 5 cities in North and South Carolina. We do contract and public warehousing, kitting, re-packaging, shipping, and inventory control.
West Brothers Transfer & Storage -- the original company that now has a small warehouse operation and does storage and cartage trailer rental with over 900 trailers
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